Train-order hoop and holder therefor



April 13,1926. 1,580,219

. W. E. ROGERS TRAIN ORDER HOOP AND HOLDER THEREFOR Filed June 23, 1925 INVEN TOR.

Willia ELRnEErs BY ATTORNEY.

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WILLIAME. RQGERS, or INDEPENDENCE," MISSOURI.

. TRAIN-ORDER 1100? AND HOLDER THEREFOR,

Application filed June 2a, 1925. 7 Serial No. 39,153.

- tion.

This. invention relates to the Well 'known message holder used to place a train order.

in the hands of the engineer, conductor or other trainmen'when the tram does not stop at the stationfiwhere the message is to be procured.

Ordinarily, an. elliptical, wooden message carrier is used which has an extention' integral therewith to be used as ahandle. A wire spring holds the message tightly against the. body of the. carrier, and after the same has beenremoved by'the trainman, the carrier isthrown down-1n the rlghteof way where the station agent recovers it for. further use.

crushed under the train,lost in high weeds along the track, or carried so far that the agent can not go afterit.

The present invent on has for its primary object the provision of aholder for the message to be delivered as well as a means for releasably gripping the message holder.

I-leretofore, a separate holder has, not been used, and it is the further object of thisinvention to provide a holder for the train.

order hoopthat may be keptat the station at all times and will, always be ready for use.

A still further object of the presentinvention is the provision of a cheaply constructed hoop to be used in connection with the holder that may be made small enough to be retained by. the trainman after his message is received and turned in at the end 5 of his run. Due to the low cost, a great number of the hoops may be stored at each I station, and the supply replenished from the terminal points once or twice a month.

An even further object. of this invention. is to provide ahoopholder having means for holding a plurality of order carrying hoops which may be rotatedto the 'presented position in their proper sequence -more than one separate hoop holder, the deand as desired.

Minor objects will appear in the course of the detailed specification which Sets forth This method has proven 1111- satisfactory. The carriers. are very often insane but one embodiment 'ottlie invention. In

the accompanying drawing,

Figure. 1 1s WSIdeVlGW of a holder con structed in accordance wlth this invention and having but one additional hoop gripping member; 7

F1 2 1s a section of the same taken on line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3is anenlarged perspective View of the gripping jaws, showing their attach} ment to the handle. Y

Fig. is'a cross section of the upper end effthe handle taken through the. interlockmg member, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation otthe V message holding clip which is formed integrally with the body of the hoop. I:

In'the drawing, wherein similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, the handlet of the holder may be provided atits one, end wit hoop engaging jaws 7, fastened to handle 6, by anysuitablemeans such-as members 8 which pivotally'support jaws, 7 at 9. The

outwardly extending jaws 7 diverge inward-V .iy as shown in Fig. 8, and are provided-with grooves 10 into which fits the salient 11 v of the message carrying hoop l2.

Each jaw 7 has a depending portion 13 integral therewith which engages the outer end of a spring or the like 14 held by handle .6. When a hoop is set between jaws f 7 the operators fingers vforce the 'sameapart by drawing portionse18 toward handle 6 and depressing springs 14., These springs per- 7 .mit the removal of hoop l2 without the exertion of an excessive force or pull.

A clip for holding the paper 15, upon which the order is written, maybe formed lntegrally with the hoop and to define .a

pair of loops 16 arranged in juxtaposition as shown in Fig. 5. The body of the ho op the same. may be separately formed and joined to hoop 12in any suitable manner.. In placing a train'order in the hands of a trainman through this particular 'method,

' at this point may be spring wire to maintain the loops in their gripping relation, or;

To fulfillthis requirement without using vice here shown has been constructed to embody this point of invention by having an arm 17 pivotally mounted as at 18 and adapted to be held in the closed position by the ordinary spring 19, plunger 20 and detcnt 21. which structure has been'cl'early illustrated in Fig. 4. Various forms of structures may be usedin making this head,-

caught by the trainman farthertoward the rear of the train. The handle (5 is flattened near the top, and the use ot'atlat member 8 is desired in this particular structure to allow arm 17 to lie close to handle 6 possible.

it is understood that many changes and modificationsmaybemad-e, and the invention is limited only by thescopc of the appended claims.

that is claiinedis:

1. A device oi the hind described comprising in combination, a hoo'ii'holder and a message carrying hoop, said hoop having means for gripping a mes, holder includin a pair of grooved and pitoted jaws converging toii 'ard'each'other their outer ends are approachedfor releasably holding said hoop, the hoop being formed to'preserit a' salient haYing sides diverging away from each otiier at angles corresponding to the angle of convergence of said jaws as their outer endsare' ap proached and engageable by the grooves formed in the jaws of said holder.

0 A device"oi the kind described coniprising in combination, a message carrying member comprising a hoop formed to pre sent a nessage'engaging clip and a salient having walls diverging away from each other as" their outer" ends are approached; and a holding means having yieldingly mounted each o said'hoop is'being supported rim-Qty.

e and said aws disposed at an' angle toward i-er as their outer ends are approached to correspond to thediverging angle of the walls oi said salient and adapte to releasably engage the walls of said salien't wl'ien 3 Iii combination with'a message carrying hoop provided with a salient having sidesdi erging away from each other as their outer ends are approached, a hoop holder comprising a handle, a pair of jaws extending therefrom at angles and distances apart corresponding to the sides of said salient, mean's'for pivotally attaching each of said jaws to said handle, said attaching means being rigidly secured to said handle and having a pair of spaced apart walls extending beyond the end of said handle to be disposed on each side oi? the bottom of said salient when said device is holding a hoop.

at. In combination with a message carrying hoop provided with a salient having sides diverging away from each other as their outer ends are approached, a hoop holder comprising means for releasably holding said 1 ember including a handle, a pair of jaws pivotally mounted on said handle, said jaws being angled and spacedapart to correspond to the angle and distance apart of the sides of sait'l'salient and resilient means torniaintaining said jaws in" engagement with the sides 01 the salient including a'spring bearing directly against a portion of eachaw.

5. Incoinbination'witli a message carrying hoop haying a'salienn a hoop holder comprising a pair of jaws each having a longitudinal groove e'xtendin'g' the entire length thereof, said. jaws being pivotally mounted at one end of a handle and means for maintaining said jaws in engagement with the salient of said message carrying hoop, said jaws adapted to open and close in the major plane of the hoop to engage and disengage the sides of said salient formed thereby.

6. Aholde'r for-hoops of'the character described comprising a*ha1'idle and apair of jaws piy otally"supported by said handle and with respect toea'ch" other, saidjawseach'having a portioneitending perpendicularly to said handle and a portion ex tending upwardly from said perpendicular portioniand a continuous groove running longitudinally ot-each ja'h along the inner face of" each of said upwardly"extending portions and continuing a'long 'the' top of each ofsaid perpendicularly extending pertio'ns. s

V In'tes'tim'ony'whereof 1* hcreuntoafliii my signature this 16th day" of June, 1925;

YVHJLIAB'I RQGERS, 

